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No. 679,398. Patentsd luly 30, I90I. B. C. SABIN. B. C. HULEATT.

POWDER PUFF.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BELLE CARPENTER SABIN AND BLANCHE CARPENTER IIULEATT, OF

` HARVEY, ILLINOIS.

POWDER-PUFF.

SEECFIC-ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,398, dated July 30,190i. Application led January 28, 1901. Serial No. 45,132. (No model.)

To ir/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, BELLE CARPENTER SABIN and BLANCHE CARPENTERHULEATT, citizens of the United States, residing at Harvey, in thecounty of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Toilet-Powder Boxes; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

Our invention relates to toilet articles, but more particularly topowder-puffs, and has for one object to provide a combination powder boxand puff for toilet or talcum powder.

A further object of our invention is to provide a cheap and efficientcombination powder box and puff which is perfectly sanitary and which isparticularly designed to meet the needs of infants, and especiallyadapted to hospital use.

lVith these objects in view our invention consists in the combination ofa toilet-powder box and powder-puff.

Our invention also consists in certain other novel features ofconstruction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and afterward specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a View of a powderbox and puff constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is asectional view taken along the line X X of Eig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectionalView through our powder-puff and wire-gauze top. Fig. 4 is a detail Viewof the metal fastening which we employ to secure the puff and gauze toptothe powder-box.

Like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout theseveral figures, in whichl is the powder-box, and 2 the gauze top, uponwhich is secured a puff of down or other soft material 3. Between saidpuff and gauze top we provide a layer of antiseptic material 4. Saiddown is secured to the gauze top by sewing or in any other approvedmanner and covers the entire gauze top except a small portion at thetop. TWe construct said gauze top substantially cone-shaped, as it ismuch better adapted to the uses for which it is designed, and the meshof the wire-gauze is so fine as to distribute evenly the powder.

5 is a metal band to which the gauze is secured, said band beingdesigned to iit closely into the powder-box l and is provided with apair of slots 6 and a circular opening 7 at opposite points in saidband, the purposes of which will hereinafter be fully described.

8 is a metallic fastening having an offset portion 9 in its center and ahook 10 secured thereto.

ll is a metal cap provided with wire arms l2, which are designed to beattached to hook l() in the metallic fastening 8. Said cap ll is for thepurpose of covering the vertex of the gauze top when the box is not inuse in order to protect the powder from dust or impurities and also toprevent the powder from sifting through when the box is in an upturnedposition while being shipped or accidentally overturned by the consumer.

IVe provide the powder-box 1 with a cover 13 of sufficient height tocompletely cover the gauze and down top.

Having thus described the several parts of our invention, said parts areassembled as follows: The box l being filled with powder, the ends ofthe fastening 8 are inserted through the slots 6 from the inside of themetal band 5, the hook lO passing through the open? ing 7 in said band.The gauze and puff top is then inserted in the box l, and the ends ofthe fastening 8 are bent to conform to said box, as shown in Fig. l. Thewire arms of cap 1l being provided with loops 14 are secured to hooksl0, as clearly shown in Fig. l.

It must be understood that there is a metal fastening, as described, onboth sides of the box, as shown in Fig. 2. W'hen said box is not in use,the cap ll is brought up over the down top and the vertex of thewire-gauze completely covered, said cap being concave and conforming tothe shape of said gauze.

The cover 18 is then attached and the box completed, and it is ourintention to manufacture and supply the trade with these boxes filledwith powder and complete, as shown in Fig. l, and we do not provide forthese boxes IOO being refilled, but wish to supply them in the sainemanner as the ordinary toilet-powder boxes now in use.

Having thus described our invention, we do not wish to be understood aslimiting ourselves t-o the exact construction herein set forth, asvarious slight changes might be made therein which would fall within thelimit and scope ot' our invention, and we consider ourselves entitled toall such changes.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is-

1. In a powder-box, the combination of the box, a cone-shaped wire-gauzetop, a layer of antiseptic material on the outside of said gauze top, apuff of down or other soft material secured to said top and covering allbut the vertex of said top, means for securing said top to the box, ametal cap adapted to cover the uncovered portion of the gauze top, and atop to cover said puff and gauze top, substantially as described.

2. In a powder-box, the combination of a box, a gauze top, a pu of downor other soft material secured to said top and covering the same exceptthe vertex thereof, and a top to cover said puff and gauze top,substantially as described.

3. In a powder-box, the combination oi a box, a cone-shaped gauze top, aputt of down or other soft material secured thereto, substantially asdescribed.

4. In a powder-box, the combination of a box, a gauze top, a puffsecured thereto, and a metal cap, substantially as described.

5. In a powder-box, the combination of a box, a gauze top, means forsecuring said top to the box, a puff secured to said top, and a metalcap, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we aftix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

. BELLE CARPENTER SABIN. BLANCHE CARPENTER. IIULEATT. Witnesses:

I. J. MoUsER, H. T. SABIN.

